Reclining-chair



NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH D. WOODBURY, OF LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

RECLINING-GI-IAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 27,663, dated March 27, 1860.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that I, SETI-1 D. VOODBURY, of Lynn, in the county of Essexand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulmprovement in Reclining and Folding Chairs; and do hereby declare thatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l, is a side view of the chair, with the baclt in a nearlyperpendicular position Fig. 2, a side view of the chair reclining,showing the rise of the front part of the seat, and thev leg-rest, K,supported by the arms, J 5 Fig. 3, a front elevation; and Fig. il, aside view of the chair, when folded up.

Lilie parts are indicated by the same letters in all the figures.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in uniting the ari is, D andG', by means of the connecting rod, F, one end of which is provided witha thumb-screw, y, that slides over a slotted piece, E, attached to theunder side of arm, D, by means of which arrangement the chair canreadily be confined, by the person sitting in it, in any .desiredposition, or degree of inclination; second, in the combination andarrangement, as hereinafter described, of theleg-rest, K, and supportingarms, J, by means of which arms said rest can be supported, as shown inFig. 2, when the chair is reclined; and, third, in the arrangement andcombination of the folding legs, A, A', and jointed strips, H and I,with the other parts of a reclining chair, so that it can readily befolded up, as represented in Fig. 4L.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow describe its construction and operation.

A A are the folding legs, or frame, of wood, or other suitable material,and united at their center by means of a bar, a..

C is the back of the chair, the lower part of which is attached to theupper ends of legs, A, by means of pin, or bolt, c.

H is a strip of metal attached to the bottom of the chair, B, so as toturn, by means of a screw, or pin, h. One end of H is pinned to thelower end of the back, C, and the other is hinged to a similar strip ofmetal at i; the extremity of I being pinned to the upper part of arms,J, a little way below the pin, g.

D is the arm-rest to the under side of which is attached a strip ofmetal, P, the ends of which-strip are hinged at L to C, and at n toconnecting arm, Gr, the lower end of which is also pinned to the frontof the chair bottom, B, as shown in Fig. Q., at 0.

E is a strip of metal confined to the strip, F, or made in one piecewith it, and provided with a slot, e.

F is a connecting rod, one end of which is pinned to arm, G, at m, theother end being furnished with a proj ecting bolt and set screw, f; saidbolt passing through, and sliding in, slot, c. The object of slot c,set-- screw f, and connecting rod F, is to confine the chair at anydesirable degree of inclination, the person sitting in it only having toturn the set-screws, f.

K is the leg-rest the upper end of which is hinged to the seat, B, asrepresented in Fig. 2; while the lower end is supported by means of thearms, J.

L is the foot-rest hinged to the bottom of K, so as to fold, as shown inFig. e.

The upper ends of the arms, J, are attached to the upper ends of legs,A, by means of pins, g; and just below pins, g, they are also pinned tostrip, l; so that the back C, and arms J, (united as they are by hingedstrips, I and H) must move together. `When C is perpendicular', J willbe so, as shown in Fig. l; and when C is nearly horizontal, J will beso, as shown in Fig. 2. t is also obvious that whatever position C and Jmay be in, the seat, B, (turning on pins, in) may be inclined atpleasure, and held in place by means of set-screw,

From the general arrangement and combination of parts, as described, itis also obvious that the chair can be readily folded up, as representedin Fig. et, so as to occupy but little space.

What claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

The combination and arrangement of the arms D and G', seat B, slot c,connecting rod F, set-screw f, supporting arms J, and legrest K, withthe folding legs A A', and jointed strips H and I, substantially as setforth and for the objects specified.

SETH D. WOODBURY.

Witnesses E. R. HUNEWELL, N. AMES.

